foreguard

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verb

To guard beforehand.

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Meanings

verbforeguard (third-person singular simple present foreguards, present participle foreguarding, simple past and past participle foreguarded)

present singular third person foreguards · participle present foreguarding · participle past foreguarded · past foreguarded

  1. transitiveTo guard beforehand.
  2. transitiveTo guard in front.
nounforeguard (plural foreguards)

plural foreguards

  1. A forward guard, or guard placed out front.

    "[...] Rear guard to river-side, river to foreguard, foreguard to land-side, land-side to rear."

    2011, Elizabeth Moon, Kings of the North
    1 more example

    The surviving quillon is recurved horizontally and terminates in a small knob, but has adjacent to it a loop-shaped foreguard almost exactly like that on the Montagu sword.

    1981, David H. Caldwell, Scottish weapons and fortifications

Origin

From fore- + guard.

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APA

foreguard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreguard

MLA

“foreguard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreguard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foreguard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foreguard.

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